Description of Research Expertise:
Clinical Outcomes Research in Spine Surgery
Athymic Rat Model for Posterolateral Spinal Fusion
Bone Tissue Engineering
Biomechanical Research in Spine Surgery
Selected Publications:
Hendow CJ, Beschloss A, Louie PK, Lombardi JM, Shillingford J, Khan SR, Laratta JL, Arlet V, Saifi C: Economic Trends in Spinal Deformity Surgery in the United States between 2012 and 2015 Scoliosis Research Society (SRS) 54th Annual Meeting : 2019.
Saifi C, Lombardi JM, Phillips FM.: Anterior and Lateral Interbody Fusion: Indications and Techniques in Lumbar Scoliosis. International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS) Textbook. : 2019.
Saifi C, DeWald CJ: Restoration of anatomic thoracic kyphosis in AIS utilizing predictive algorithm to generate patient specific rod contours 26th International Meeting on Advanced Spine Techniques (IMAST) : 2019.
Barton C, Kalakoti P, Bedard NA, Hendrickson NR, Saifi C, Pugely AJ.: What Are the Costs of Cervical Radiculopathy Prior to Surgical Treatment? Spine : 2019.
M. Burhan Janjua, Ali K. Ozturk, Nissim Ackshota, Brendan J. McShane, Comron Saifi, William C. Welch, Vincent Arlet: Surgical treatment of flat back syndrome with anterior hyperlordotic cages Operative Neurosurgery : 2019.
Cameron Barton, Nicholas A. Bedard, Piyush Kalakoti, Nathan R Hendrickson, Comron Saifi, Andrew J. Pugely.: What Are the Costs of Cervical Radiculopathy in
the Year Prior to Anterior Cervical Discectomy and
Fusion? North American Spine Society (NASS) 33rd Annual Meeting : 2018.
Piyush Kalakoti, Nicholas A. Bedard, Nathan R. Hendrickson, Comron Saifi, Andrew J. Pugely.: Opioid Utilization Following Lumbar Arthrodesis: Trends and Factors Associated with Long-Term Use North American Spine Society (NASS) 33rd Annual Meeting : 2018.
Steven M. Presciutti, Philip Louie, Comron Saifi, Christopher J. DeWald, Howard S. An: Sagittal Imbalance in Degenerative Scoliosis Can Be Corrected by Addressing Only the Symptomatic Levels in Carefully Selected Patients:
A Retrospective Radiographic Study North American Spine Society (NASS) 33rd Annual Meeting : 2018.
Andrew J. Pugely, Piyush Kalakoti, Nicholas A., Bedard, Nathan R Hendrickson, Comron Saifi, Ronald A. Lehman Jr., K. Daniel Riew: Opioid Utilization Following Cervical Spine Surgery: Trends and Factors Associated with Long-Term Use North American Spine Society (NASS) 33rd Annual Meeting : 2018.
Saifi C, Cazzulino AS, Save AV, Shillingford JN, Louie PK, Laratta JL, Pugely AJ, Arlet V.: Utilization and Economic Impact of Posterolateral Fusion and Posterior/Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Surgeries in the United States Global Spine Journal : 2018.
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